Mosley relieved McLaren drivers lost title
The FIA president told the British newspaper The Guardian that the 'Stepneygate' espionage scandal would have left an eternal question mark over the validity of the world championship had it been won by a McLaren driver.
Mosley has consistently argued that Hamilton and Alonso, who drove for Ron Dennis' Mercedes-powered team this year, should have been excluded from the drivers' standings because of the spy affair.
Asked if he was pleased when Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen surprisingly emerged with the spoils at the season ending Brazilian grand prix in October, Mosley answered: "Relieved because, if it had been either of the two McLaren drivers, there would always have been a question mark.
"I'm not sure how big a question mark but it would have been there. And that puts you in an incredibly difficult position. I think we've been very lucky," he said.
Mosley, however, clarifies suggestions that he "despises" Dennis, despite plainly and repeatedly accusing the McLaren boss of lying about the spy saga.
"I quite like him," the Briton, who is 67, argued.
"But I do despise – I think that's probably the right word – his attitude to formula one, when he says, for example, that he's passionate about formula one.
"That's not true," Mosley charged. "He's passionate about McLaren finishing first and second in every race, which is his job, but it's not the same thing as being passionate about formula one and it's foolish to pretend that it is."